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LIFE LESSONS — NEVER GIVE UP!
No Matter What Misery Life Hands You, Handle It — My Story
I was asked to write a short story about my ascent from poverty that would be a part of a book written by several that had come from poverty to make their way in the world, this is my story.
It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. — George Herman “Babe” Ruth
I was asked to write a short story about my ascent from poverty that would be a part of a book written by several that had come from poverty to make their way in the world, this is my story.
No matter what misery life hands you, handle it! Never give up, for you never know what lies around the corner.
I was born in a one-room, converted garage in West Old Town, Maine. My nana, as we called my grandmother on my mother’s side, brought me into the world.
My father, Angus Fraser Dalton, was a Korean War Veteran who contracted TB during the war. Although he survived the disease, my oldest brother, Angus Jr., did not.
That left my mother with five children when my father was killed in a car accident when my youngest brother was around two years old.